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The primary goal of this program is to improve student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools. Additional goals include helping all students become technologically literate by the end of the eighth grade and, through the integration of technology with both teacher training and curriculum development, establishing innovative, research-based instructional methods that can be widely implemented.

Types of Projects Local activities include the support of continuing, sustained professional development programs and public-private partnerships. Activities also include: the use of new or existing technologies to improve academic achievement; the acquisition of curricula that integrate technology and are designed to meet challenging state academic standards; the use of technology to increase parent involvement in schools; and the use of technology to collect, manage, and analyze data to enhance teaching and school improvement.

The CFL website http://www.ComputersForLearning.gov provides schools and educational nonprofit organizations with registration forms for requesting excess computer equipment. The excess computer equipment becomes available as federal agencies upgrade their existing computer equipment. Agencies report property to the GSAXcessÿfd CFL module